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Census 2020: Trump pulls back citizenship question demand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [DC], July 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is dropping his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a week after the Supreme Court blocked his efforts to include the same.
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CJI sexual harassment case: Justice Ramana recuses himself from SC probe c
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Supreme Court Justice NV Ramana, part of the three judges of the apex court's in-house committee appointed to examine the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, on Thursday opted out following objections from the woma
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Republicans propose amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 20 (ANI): A Republican senator is planning to introduce a constitutional amendment to "limit the number of US Supreme Court justices to nine" after several Democrats have professed the idea of expanding the bench.
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President nominates Justice Bobde as NALSA executive chairman
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday nominated Supreme Court Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) with effect from March 7, 2019.
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Newly-constituted bench of SC to hear Ayodhya case on Feb 26
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A newly-constituted five-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear the Ayodhya case on February 26.
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Sabarimala row: Review petitions unlikely to be heard Jan 22, says CJI
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The hearing of the Sabarimala review petitions in the Supreme Court may not take place on its scheduled date of January 22 as Justice Indu Malhotra is on medical leave and might be unavailable on that day.
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Justice Sikri denies CSAT post
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Justice AK Sikri, who is the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, withdrew consent from the post of president/member in London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT), the source said.
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Justice Sikri on panel to decide Alok Verma's fate
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9, (ANI): Senior most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice AK Sikri will be a part of the high-powered committee, which will decide the fate of CBI Director Alok Verma.
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No advance notice to defaulters: SC on sealing drive
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that no advance notice would be given to defaulters before sealing residential premises in the national capital.
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Trump apologises to Kavanaugh for 'pain' caused during confirmation proces
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Oct 09 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday apologised to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the ordeal that Kavanaugh and his family had to go through during the confirmation process, at the ceremonial swearing-in event in the White House
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Hostile victim does not mean accused can go scot-free: SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Acquitting rape accused individuals merely because the victim turned hostile and failed to identify him in the dock, would indeed be a "travesty of justice", the Supreme Court said while affirming the conviction of a rape accused.
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Opposition criticises Centre for not taking stand on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sep 9 (ANI): Echoing Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud's thoughts, the opposition is criticising the Narendra Modi-led government for not taking a stand on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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